TY - JOUR
T1 - A Formal Graphical Language of Interdependence in Teamwork
AU - Wei, Changyun
AU - Hindriks, Koen V.
AU - Birna Van Riemsdijk, M.
AU - Jonker, Catholijn M.
PY - 2019/9/19
Y1 - 2019/9/19
N2 - Agents in teamwork may be highly interdependent on each other, and the awareness of interdependences is an important requirement for designing and consequently implementing a multiagent system. In this article, we propose a formal graphical and domain-independent language that can facilitate the identification of comprehensive interdependences among the agents in teamwork. Moreover, a formal semantics is also introduced to precisely express and explain the properties of a graphical structure. The novel feature of the graphical language is that it complements the Interdependence Analysis Color Scheme in a way that explicitly models negative influences and, in addition, provides a visual-communication aid for developers. To demonstrate the applicability and sufficiency of the graphical language in a variety of domains, our case studies include a multirobot scenario and a human-robot scenario.
AB - Agents in teamwork may be highly interdependent on each other, and the awareness of interdependences is an important requirement for designing and consequently implementing a multiagent system. In this article, we propose a formal graphical and domain-independent language that can facilitate the identification of comprehensive interdependences among the agents in teamwork. Moreover, a formal semantics is also introduced to precisely express and explain the properties of a graphical structure. The novel feature of the graphical language is that it complements the Interdependence Analysis Color Scheme in a way that explicitly models negative influences and, in addition, provides a visual-communication aid for developers. To demonstrate the applicability and sufficiency of the graphical language in a variety of domains, our case studies include a multirobot scenario and a human-robot scenario.
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U2 - 10.1109/MIS.2019.2942580
DO - 10.1109/MIS.2019.2942580
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85072734980
SN - 1541-1672
VL - 34
SP - 25
EP - 34
JO - IEEE Intelligent Systems
JF - IEEE Intelligent Systems
IS - 5
ER -